Does anyone know if any active development is taking place for the x86 port of Darwin ? I have downloaded it and had look, but it supports very little hardware and if I build a system just for it, I might as well get an iMac and use it in its native platform.
If someone proposes such legislation, I would oppose it, but they haven't, so I don't.
You are fooling yourself, if you think you will do anything other than sit on the couch and watch TV. The very fact that you do not oppose the USA Act indicates you either do not grasp the what is happening or do care what is happening, either way, you are a sheep ready for slaughter.
So, unless you are a terrorst, you have little to fear
Maybe this will be true for the short term, however how will an Attorney General read it 30 years from now ? WTC will be a vague memory, the so called "War on Terrorism" will be over, but these laws will still be on th books. Will they be used to hunt Terrorists or will they be used persecute political dissent ? Do you really want your grandchildren to live in a Police State ?
If it means a very sensical restructuring of goverment wiretap laws, I'm fine with that.
If you want to give up your constitutional rights, that is fine by me. However do not drag me down that hole with you. I have very few secrets, but I have the right to keep every one of them. I will be interested to see if you still feel the same way when the next round of laws come, which will make it illegal to "Speak out against our government in times of crisis".
You are way off base here. A national ID card will not protect you or me in way shape or form. All it really does is give the governement another control mechanism. Do you really think a national ID card would have stopped any of the Terrorists from boarding those planes ? Do you really think a national ID card will stop anyone from beating thier kids or robbing a bank ? If you do you are deluding yourself. The idea behind a national ID card is not to hamper crominals, but to hamper honest citizens.
In short.NET is a brand new way to spread VB script virus. They have even convinced a couple of Open Source projects to develope for.NET so now even Linux users can now enjoy the next Melissa/LoveBug virus to go around.
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They have binary modules, and I don't have the source to them, and the company is now out of business with no further development
The first and best reason not to use any software delivered in a binary only fashion. You should have insisted on an open source license for the drivers or offered to buy access to the source code. Perhaps you can find the original developer, he may still have the code, offer him a job.
How about we start the SlashdotOS project, to go along with it SlashdotOffice and who would want to miss the Slashdot.NET development package which includes the Slashdot# c compiler.
How about we compromise, everyone who wants to give up their privacy for a little security are free to do so. Those of us who do not want to, do not have to. See we can all get along.
Somene mod this up as funny. The implication here is is does not matter if encryption is illegal and it does not matter if the FBI can grab my email without a warrant. If I want to communcate with someone it is trivial to setup code phrases to be posted in public boards like Slashdot. This one is targeted, but I could just as easily change my sig to read "Captian America is eating a cheese sandwich". This is meaningless to everyone but its intended target.
Very seldom will Mr. Schmuck have to check the HCL, any missing device drivers in W2K are included on a CD, and he doesn't have to worry about what version of glibc he's got installed.
I have to disagree with you here, there is very little unsupported hardware these days. I have a 1.2 Ghz Athlon, with USB ports, DvD drive, CDRW and whole lot of other hardware and it all works, including watching DvD movies. I would have to say installing and configuring Linux is no more difficult than Windows is and takes less time and fewer reboots. As for glibc, you have more to worry about from DLL-Hell under Windows 2K then you do from Linux library version problems. The cool thing about Linux is I can have multiple versions of the same libraries installed, with Windows, you are only allowed one version.
One of the reasons that prohibition was repealed was because the mobs got so much money and became so powerful from selling alchohol underground.
Then this should be our goal, sell illegal devices on the blackmarket, ie parts that do not comply with SSSCA and software tools to bypass hardware that does comply with the SSSCA. Become filthy rich, buy a half dozen Congressional Representives, two or three Senators and a new President, get them to repeal the laws using the only thing they understand, money.
The key to killing this and the DMCA is to render it unenforcable. Think about it, why was Prohibition repealed ? because drinking was so wide spread, the federal government would have had to arrest the President and most of both the Senate and Congress. An underground internet needs to be built which can propagate the tools far and wide and of course the blackmarket for hardware. Make it so cheap, easy and wide spread that the Feds would have no hope what so ever of enforcing the law. My Great GrandFather was a Bootlegger and was proud of that fact until the day he died, and I will be proud to call myself a Bootlegger in the 21st century.
I don't think AMD converting to a model number is relevant in any respect. When we discuss differences in performance, there are two types to consider. Benchmark difference and perceivable difference. Just because the 2Gz Intel rated a 167 on the MS Office benchmark and the 1.4 Ghz AMD only rated a 152 does not mean anyone can actually tell the difference when running Office, checking thier email or surfing the web. At this point in the game marketing and price are everything, AMD has been the price leader for a long time, now they are attempting to out market Intel and only time will tell if it works.
Go straight to the nearest Russian Embassy and ask to be sent back to Russia. You have ZERO chance of getting a fair trial and more than likely the DOJ will do the same thing to you they did to Kevin Mitnick. They will stonewall you until you beg them to throw you in jail. Run to the freedom of Russia, it is your only chance to see your family again.
but I really only regularly watch about 3 shows a week
Tivo is definitly not for everyone, if you only watch between 1.5 to 3 hours of TV a week, I'd say a $99 VCR suits you just fine, I would not waste the $299 + service fee on a Tivo. This is especially true if you hate TV as it is. Remember though, back in the mid 70's, not everyone needed a VCR or for that matter in the 50's not everyone even needed a TV.
I have heard on TechTV, the difference is a PVR comes with a service or requires a service to work properly. the service helps you track shows to record and makes guesses about shows you might like based on what it knows about your viewing habits. A DVR is nothing more than a VCR that does not require Video Tapes, recording shows require manually setting record times.
If my employer suggested that I maintain a garage sale network as described, I'd find another job.
That is okay, In the age of the dot bomb there are 100 guys behind you who would be happy maintain such a network and would probably do it for half as much money as you are being paid right now. Heck, if I were unemployed long enough, I might do it food.
If the Government and various Companies want "Security through Obscurity", I say we give it too them. Will it solve thier problems ? No it won't, it will make thier problems worse. However, it will solve several other problems, this article being a perfect example of a problem which could have been avoided. If he didn't report the security problem, he would have never been arrested. If System Administraters and the FBI want to bury thier heads in the sand, then far be it for us to try to change them. I am sure there are a great many Crackers who would love to go back to the wild days of the 80's when every computer system with a connection was owned and information about cracks were circulated through underground BBS's.
While I agree with you, I also want to remind that Dmitry did not have any choice as far as I know, which pretty much does not make him a hero
While it does not make him a hero, it does make him a Martyr, which I am sure means nothing to him, but to us it is everything. Every oppressive government fears is a Martyr, because they can be a powerful figure to rally around, and this is what turns a few peasents into a fanatic army.
What you mean a 5% increase in performance isn't worth a 500% increase in cost ? Rambus and Intel for whatever reason thought so, but in the end we voted with our money and in another 6 months to a year RDRAM will be a bad memory (no pun intended). Now if we could just get the same thing to happen with Windows XP, the world would be safe for God, Democracy and Linux.
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Does anyone know if any active development is taking place for the x86 port of Darwin ? I have downloaded it and had look, but it supports very little hardware and if I build a system just for it, I might as well get an iMac and use it in its native platform.
I am going to wait for the Linux Hack of the XBox. A 766 Proccessor, 8 GB HDD and NVIDIA video, for $299, can't be beat this side of an E-Machine.
If someone proposes such legislation, I would oppose it, but they haven't, so I don't.
You are fooling yourself, if you think you will do anything other than sit on the couch and watch TV. The very fact that you do not oppose the USA Act indicates you either do not grasp the what is happening or do care what is happening, either way, you are a sheep ready for slaughter.
So, unless you are a terrorst, you have little to fear
Maybe this will be true for the short term, however how will an Attorney General read it 30 years from now ? WTC will be a vague memory, the so called "War on Terrorism" will be over, but these laws will still be on th books. Will they be used to hunt Terrorists or will they be used persecute political dissent ? Do you really want your grandchildren to live in a Police State ?
If it means a very sensical restructuring of goverment wiretap laws, I'm fine with that.
If you want to give up your constitutional rights, that is fine by me. However do not drag me down that hole with you. I have very few secrets, but I have the right to keep every one of them. I will be interested to see if you still feel the same way when the next round of laws come, which will make it illegal to "Speak out against our government in times of crisis".
Ladies, Gentlemen, Hackers, Geeks and Nerds, Welcome, Welocme to The New World Order.
You are way off base here. A national ID card will not protect you or me in way shape or form. All it really does is give the governement another control mechanism. Do you really think a national ID card would have stopped any of the Terrorists from boarding those planes ? Do you really think a national ID card will stop anyone from beating thier kids or robbing a bank ? If you do you are deluding yourself. The idea behind a national ID card is not to hamper crominals, but to hamper honest citizens.
In short
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They have binary modules, and I don't have the source to them, and the company is now out of business with no further development
The first and best reason not to use any software delivered in a binary only fashion. You should have insisted on an open source license for the drivers or offered to buy access to the source code. Perhaps you can find the original developer, he may still have the code, offer him a job.
How about we start the SlashdotOS project, to go along with it SlashdotOffice and who would want to miss the Slashdot.NET development package which includes the Slashdot# c compiler.
How about we compromise, everyone who wants to give up their privacy for a little security are free to do so. Those of us who do not want to, do not have to. See we can all get along.
Starski - We need to talk - Hutch
Somene mod this up as funny. The implication here is is does not matter if encryption is illegal and it does not matter if the FBI can grab my email without a warrant. If I want to communcate with someone it is trivial to setup code phrases to be posted in public boards like Slashdot. This one is targeted, but I could just as easily change my sig to read "Captian America is eating a cheese sandwich". This is meaningless to everyone but its intended target.
Very seldom will Mr. Schmuck have to check the HCL, any missing device drivers in W2K are included on a CD, and he doesn't have to worry about what version of glibc he's got installed.
I have to disagree with you here, there is very little unsupported hardware these days. I have a 1.2 Ghz Athlon, with USB ports, DvD drive, CDRW and whole lot of other hardware and it all works, including watching DvD movies. I would have to say installing and configuring Linux is no more difficult than Windows is and takes less time and fewer reboots. As for glibc, you have more to worry about from DLL-Hell under Windows 2K then you do from Linux library version problems. The cool thing about Linux is I can have multiple versions of the same libraries installed, with Windows, you are only allowed one version.
One of the reasons that prohibition was repealed was because the mobs got so much money and became so powerful from selling alchohol underground.
Then this should be our goal, sell illegal devices on the blackmarket, ie parts that do not comply with SSSCA and software tools to bypass hardware that does comply with the SSSCA. Become filthy rich, buy a half dozen Congressional Representives, two or three Senators and a new President, get them to repeal the laws using the only thing they understand, money.
The key to killing this and the DMCA is to render it unenforcable. Think about it, why was Prohibition repealed ? because drinking was so wide spread, the federal government would have had to arrest the President and most of both the Senate and Congress. An underground internet needs to be built which can propagate the tools far and wide and of course the blackmarket for hardware. Make it so cheap, easy and wide spread that the Feds would have no hope what so ever of enforcing the law. My Great GrandFather was a Bootlegger and was proud of that fact until the day he died, and I will be proud to call myself a Bootlegger in the 21st century.
This is Proof positive that either God does not exist, or if he does exist, he hates me.
they just need some tender cult deprogramming
I have found people who say things like this really mean "Beaten and Tortured until they confess thier sins and repent"
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I don't think AMD converting to a model number is relevant in any respect. When we discuss differences in performance, there are two types to consider. Benchmark difference and perceivable difference. Just because the 2Gz Intel rated a 167 on the MS Office benchmark and the 1.4 Ghz AMD only rated a 152 does not mean anyone can actually tell the difference when running Office, checking thier email or surfing the web. At this point in the game marketing and price are everything, AMD has been the price leader for a long time, now they are attempting to out market Intel and only time will tell if it works.
Go straight to the nearest Russian Embassy and ask to be sent back to Russia. You have ZERO chance of getting a fair trial and more than likely the DOJ will do the same thing to you they did to Kevin Mitnick. They will stonewall you until you beg them to throw you in jail. Run to the freedom of Russia, it is your only chance to see your family again.
but I really only regularly watch about 3 shows a week
Tivo is definitly not for everyone, if you only watch between 1.5 to 3 hours of TV a week, I'd say a $99 VCR suits you just fine, I would not waste the $299 + service fee on a Tivo. This is especially true if you hate TV as it is. Remember though, back in the mid 70's, not everyone needed a VCR or for that matter in the 50's not everyone even needed a TV.
I have heard on TechTV, the difference is a PVR comes with a service or requires a service to work properly. the service helps you track shows to record and makes guesses about shows you might like based on what it knows about your viewing habits. A DVR is nothing more than a VCR that does not require Video Tapes, recording shows require manually setting record times.
If my employer suggested that I maintain a garage sale network as described, I'd find another job.
That is okay, In the age of the dot bomb there are 100 guys behind you who would be happy maintain such a network and would probably do it for half as much money as you are being paid right now. Heck, if I were unemployed long enough, I might do it food.
If the Government and various Companies want "Security through Obscurity", I say we give it too them. Will it solve thier problems ? No it won't, it will make thier problems worse. However, it will solve several other problems, this article being a perfect example of a problem which could have been avoided. If he didn't report the security problem, he would have never been arrested. If System Administraters and the FBI want to bury thier heads in the sand, then far be it for us to try to change them. I am sure there are a great many Crackers who would love to go back to the wild days of the 80's when every computer system with a connection was owned and information about cracks were circulated through underground BBS's.
While I agree with you, I also want to remind that Dmitry did not have any choice as far as I know, which pretty much does not make him a hero
While it does not make him a hero, it does make him a Martyr, which I am sure means nothing to him, but to us it is everything. Every oppressive government fears is a Martyr, because they can be a powerful figure to rally around, and this is what turns a few peasents into a fanatic army.
Remind me why I need this stuff
What you mean a 5% increase in performance isn't worth a 500% increase in cost ? Rambus and Intel for whatever reason thought so, but in the end we voted with our money and in another 6 months to a year RDRAM will be a bad memory (no pun intended). Now if we could just get the same thing to happen with Windows XP, the world would be safe for God, Democracy and Linux.